The president had initially said he would fire anyone in his administration found to have publicly disclosed Plame's identity.

"It has been a tough issue for a lot of people in the White House, and it's run its course, and now we're going to move on," Bush declared.

Several Bush administration officials revealed Plame's identity. White House political adviser Karl Rove and Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage were the primary sources for a 2003 newspaper article outing Plame. Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer also admitted telling reporters about her. And jurors apparently believed prosecutors who said Libby discussed Plame with reporters from the New York Times and Time magazine. Libby was the only one charged in the matter.

Well that's at least four people who did it. Since some people are still clinging to the impression this was all political, it was. At least four different members of the administration blew the cover of a covert agent. That is not an accident. That's a political move to damage someone who disagreed with why these dolts went to war.

Fitzgerald's prosecution was political? Let's see, Fitzgerald, appointed to be a US Attorney by Bush, was named prosecutor by Ashcroft, appointed by Bush, after Ashcroft recused himself, appropriately, because he worked with the likely targets of the investigation every day. Judge Walton, appointed by Bush, sentenced Libby to 30 months. The appeals panel, one Bush41, one Reagan, and one Clinton appointee, unanimously agreed with Judge Walton that the sentence was in line, and that there was no reason to allow bail during appeal as the presumption made there is that there is a likely chance of overturning on appeal.

The only politics from the left in this are, we're happy to see an administration scumbag getting sent to jail. (and "scumbag" in the original meaning is apt here, Libby lied to the grand jury to protect whoever decided leaking the name would be acceptable, the question that remains is, "was that person Bush, Rove or Cheney?")

Bush seeks to put Libby issue to rest - Yahoo! News